The Uses of Disorder: Personal Identity and City Life - Softcover

Sennett, R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300148275 ISBN 13: 9780300148275

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Richard Sennett is one of the world's leading sociologists, and this book, first published in 1970, was his first single-authored work. It launched his exploration of communities and how they live in cities, and outlined his view that order breeds narrow, violence-prone lives, while an 'equilibrium of disorder' brings vigour and diversity to urban life. The New York Times described it as 'the best available contemporary defence of anarchism'.

'The Uses of Disorder' followed the student and urban rebellions of the late 1960s. But it remains relevant to the problems of city life sixty years on. In a new preface Sennett considers his own objectives in writing the book and the enduring benefits of a strong and fresh urban experience in the twenty-first century. The body of the text remains unchanged, ready for a new generation of readers.

Richard Sennett is professor of social and cultural theory at the London School of Economics, and Bemis Professor of Social Science at MIT.

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Review:

"Sennett speaks eloquently... [and] his argument remains powerful and relevant, an inspiration to a new generation of urbanists."
-- PD Smith, Guardian, 13th December 2008

About the Author:

Richard Sennett is professor of social and cultural theory at the London School of Economics, and Bemis Professor of Social Science at MIT. Among his books is The Culture of the New Capitalism (2006), published by Yale.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0300148275
• ISBN 13: 9780300148275
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224